An Update
My mom had angioplasty this morning and had two stents placed in her clogged arteries My father says that the procedure took longer than expected but she's doing well. She's on meds to keep her blood from clotting and she's on a sedative but she's fine and the doctors don't expect she'll need open heart surgery or anything equally terrifying.
My brother Alan is heading home tomorrow to make sure my mom is taken care of and my dad doesn't burn the house down trying to make dinner. I'm not going home because my dad thinks that if I show up my mother will think she's dying. LOL. I guess because I haven't been home in 5 years, if I do head back now its a sign of the apocalypse. Sheesh. I'll see her in 6 weeks anyway so it's fine.
I can't begin to tell you how relieved I am she's okay. I don't know what any of us would do without her. I don't know what I would have done without her.
Thanks for all your support everyone.
Because I HAVE to see the humor in everything here are some funny conversations I've had over the last 24 hours.
My brother: What did you do last night?
Me: I tried to watch TV to get my mind off it.
My brother: What did you watch?
Me: House. Cuz there's nothing like a good medical drama.
My brother: You're a freak.
For the next conversation you have to know I change my first name when I was 12 and I changed my middle name last year.
My dad: Mom says the nurse says you called at 7am.
Me: I did. I wanted to see how she was doing.
My dad: Mom's upset. She says that's 4am your time.
Me: It is 4am my time.
My dad: Well what the hell were you doing up?
Me: Reading Kofka. What the hell do you think I was doing?
My dad: Are you in Vancouver or in LA?
Me: What? I'm in Vancouver. You just called me here yesterday.
My dad: Yeah but with you that means nothing. You have a cell phone. You could be anywhere. I know. I watch Alias.
Me: You watch Alias???
My dad: Yeah that Syndey character uses a bunch of different names just like you!
Me: Ha Ha You're a real comedian dad.
My dad: Where do you think you get it from.
Me: I was hoping it was a genetic fluke like my good looks and sparkling personality.
Well it's funny to me anyway. :-)
Now I think I'll actually go to bed and sleep tonight..... until 4am when I call to check on her again (and make sure to tell the nurse "Just tell her I called.... from Singapore.")
Ha! Take that dad!
My brother Alan is heading home tomorrow to make sure my mom is taken care of and my dad doesn't burn the house down trying to make dinner. I'm not going home because my dad thinks that if I show up my mother will think she's dying. LOL. I guess because I haven't been home in 5 years, if I do head back now its a sign of the apocalypse. Sheesh. I'll see her in 6 weeks anyway so it's fine.
I can't begin to tell you how relieved I am she's okay. I don't know what any of us would do without her. I don't know what I would have done without her.
Thanks for all your support everyone.
Because I HAVE to see the humor in everything here are some funny conversations I've had over the last 24 hours.
My brother: What did you do last night?
Me: I tried to watch TV to get my mind off it.
My brother: What did you watch?
Me: House. Cuz there's nothing like a good medical drama.
My brother: You're a freak.
For the next conversation you have to know I change my first name when I was 12 and I changed my middle name last year.
My dad: Mom says the nurse says you called at 7am.
Me: I did. I wanted to see how she was doing.
My dad: Mom's upset. She says that's 4am your time.
Me: It is 4am my time.
My dad: Well what the hell were you doing up?
Me: Reading Kofka. What the hell do you think I was doing?
My dad: Are you in Vancouver or in LA?
Me: What? I'm in Vancouver. You just called me here yesterday.
My dad: Yeah but with you that means nothing. You have a cell phone. You could be anywhere. I know. I watch Alias.
Me: You watch Alias???
My dad: Yeah that Syndey character uses a bunch of different names just like you!
Me: Ha Ha You're a real comedian dad.
My dad: Where do you think you get it from.
Me: I was hoping it was a genetic fluke like my good looks and sparkling personality.
Well it's funny to me anyway. :-)
Now I think I'll actually go to bed and sleep tonight..... until 4am when I call to check on her again (and make sure to tell the nurse "Just tell her I called.... from Singapore.")
Ha! Take that dad!